Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15108, Daniel Eastwood, New York

SERVICE
New York
Eastwood Daniel
NUMBER
S15108
CONTENTS
boarded.

Dead Paid at the Treasury under the acts of the 6 th April 1838. from 4 th Sept 1836 to the 5 th March 1837 (the day of his death. Age notified 28 Dec 1838.
New York N o 28.614
Daniel Eastwood of Otsego Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Van Schaink in the N. York line for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of April 1834 and sent to Hon. S. Page M. R.
  Arrears to the 4 th of March 1834  189.99    Semi-ant. allowance ending 6 Sept. "  31.66     $221.65  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book E. Vol. 4 Page 55

State of New York, Otago County.
We John Eastwood and Elijah H Beach residing in the Town of Butternuts and Elijah H Beach residing in the Town of Unadilla both in the County of Otago do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with the Rev. Daniel Eastwood who has subscribed & sworn to the above preceding Certificate or application hereto annexed in Open Court in our presence - we also certify that we have this day seen his Testimonials and Credentials as a Clergyman - that we have known him to Officiate as a Clergyman for several years past - and that in other Clergyman's registers near him that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is reported and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that Opinion sworn & subscribed this 27 th day of May 1833 before me
John Eastwood Elijah H Beach
Thos Page Judge of the County Courts for Otago County
I the undersigned a Judge of the County Courts sitting for the County of Otago do hereby declare my Opinion after hearing that it appears to me that the Rev. Daniel Eastwood who has signed the names in the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Butternuts in Otago County - and that John Eastwood and Elijah H Beach both of good reputation are Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
27 May 1833
Thos Page Judge of the County Courts, for Otago Co

State of Ohio Clermont County
ss: I, Horace Eastrop, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify, that Sherman Page Esq. before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the said County Court, duly appointed and sworn as such. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and to the within Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand, and Seal of Office this 30th day of June 1833. H
Horace Eastrop, Clerk.
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State of New York Storrs County
On this tenth day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Sessions Pleas in & for the said County now sitting Daniel Castwood a resident of the Town of Butternuts in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law with an his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 4th of June 1832 — That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated — viz that he Enlisted as a private Soldier at P'keepsie in the State of New York in the month of June or July 1775 for the term of nine months in the Company commanded by Capt n Elias Benedict in the 2 d New York Reg t Commanded by Colo n Van Schaick and was marched to Albany — from thence to St. Johns and to Montreal at which last place and before said Term expired — was transferred he enlisted into Capt n John Fishers Company in the same Regiment and went to Quebec and was at the storming the works there when Gen t Montgomery was killed and also his Aid McFerson and also Capt n Chessman and others — that about the 1 st of May 1776 he returned from Quebec and joined his old Company under Capt n Benedict as aforesaid near the City of Albany & from thence went up the Mohawk River to Johns Town to the Field House and from thence to Ball's Town and was discharged at Ball's Town in the fall of the year 1776 after having served at this time under both Enlistments about sixteen months — That in the Month of May 1777 he Volunteered for three months under Lieutenant Ford in Capt n Vanderhoof's Company went up to Fort Edward — Fort Miller & Fort Ann thence retreating before Burgoin's Army to Stillwater when his time expired and he was discharged with said Company — and that he immediately Engaged as a Volunteer in Capt n J. Rorer's Company and Marched directly to Saratoga Heights and to Stillwater to oppose Burgoin this was about the last of August 1777 — that he was at the taking of Burgoin's Army in October following and then went down the Hudson River to Kingston or Esopus & thence across the river and was dismissed on the east side after serving about four months on this last tour that he went several times on Alarm or sudden Emergency as a Volunteer for short periods making in all something more than two years in that revolutionary War, that he has no Documentary Evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his said said Services but what is here announced that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State Daniel Castwood

State of New York
Otsego County
ss: I, Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify, that Sherman Page Esq.
Sworn to & Subscribed
the day of year aforesaid
in Open Court.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
The said Court then put the several Interrogatories proposed by the War Department to the said applicant under Oath - and on his examination he gives the following answers to the questions put to him - That he was born as he supposed at the Highlands near New Windsor Pattenburg in the County of Albany - and State of New York in the year 1752 - That he has no record of his age but Traditionary that when he was called into the service he lived at Pattenburg and that he lived there some years after the War - that he has lived about 80 years in the town of Middlesex in Otsego County where he now resides on the same place that he enlisted into the service two or three times & volunteered several times that he thinks he had no written discharge if he had he lost it long ago That he served at the Northward, with Genl. Montgomery, Genl. Schuyler and with Colonels Willet, Schuyler and Brant and many others - That the persons named in his Neighborhood to whom he refers to testify to his character for sincerity and services &c - who are acquainted with him Genl. Lewis Morris - Deacon Joseph T. Gilbert - Capt. John Bowley - Deac. Benedict
We Sherman Page and Isaac Benedict do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Eastwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is generally believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Isaac Benedict
Sworn & subscribed, in Open Court, the 15th day of October, 1882
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
S. J. Page

Second to & subscribed to the day of year aforesaid in Open Court,
Horace Lathrop. Clerk
The said Court then put the several Interrogatories proposed by the War Department to the said applicant under Oath and on his examination he gives the following answers to the questions put to him — That he was born as he supposes at the Highlands near New Windsor Pattenburg in the County of Albany and State of New York in the year 1752 — That he has no record of his age but Traditionary that when he was called into the service he lived at Pattenburg and that he lived there some years after the War — that he has lived about 30 years in the town of Berne in Otsego County where he now resides on the same place that he enlisted into the service two or three times & Volunteered several times that he thinks he had no written discharge if he had he lost it long ago that he served at the Northward with Genl. Montgomery, Colonel Schuyler and with Colonels Willet, Schuyler and Brant and many others — That the persons named in his Neighborhood to whom he refers to attest to his character for sincerity and services &c — who are acquainted with him Genl. Isaac Schuyler — Deacon Joseph T. Gilbert — Capt. John Bowley. Isaac Benedict
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states — And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Sherman Page & Isaac Benedict — who has signed the preceding Certificate are residents of the said County of Otsego and are Credible persons and that their Statement is Entitled to Credit —
L. O. Scott First Judge
By the order of the court
E. Root } Judges

State of New York
Otsego County ss:
I, Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and of the County of Otsego do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Eastwood for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 19 th day of October 1832.
Horace Lathrop Clerk

We Shoron and Payson and Israel Benedict do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Eastwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & has been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Shoron Payson Israel Benedict
Sworn & subscribed, in Open Court, the 15 th day of October, 1802
Elmer Southwick Clerk

John Eastwood, atty in the matter of Daniel Rodriguez add. proof John Eastwood City
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State of New York Olsego County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned justice of the peace in & for the County of Olsego, John Eastwood who being duly sworn, Deposes and saith that he is a Brother and is personally well acquainted with Daniel Eastwood of Butternuts in said County that they have lived near each other all their life time - that he well recollects that his said Brother Daniel served at different periods of the of the revolutionary War - that he has no doubt but does firmly believe that said Daniel Eastwood enlisted and served some months in Capt. Benedict's Company in the year 1775 in the P'keepsie Regiment - for he knows that he did enlist and go with said Company and left all engaged and confirmed soldiers P'keepsie on a  on a  crossing  crossing  the  the  Hudson  Hudson  river  river  to  to  the  the  west  west and that he also engaged in Capt. Fish's Company and did not return home until about 18 or 20 months after he first enlisted into Capt. Benedict's Company that he frequently heard from him in the Northern service and once heard that he was killed with others at Dankearts - that he has no doubt of his being engaged in that service as aforesaid - he also believes that he served in Kinderhook Company three months also in Capt. Rose's Company in 1776 he Defendant engaged & served with said Daniel at Saratoga - was both at the taking of Bennington there marched down the river to Bennington & discharged after serving four months - being one month over the term of engagement - that he said Daniel was engaged and did serve as above he said Defendant firmly believes to be true and further saith Not.
John Eastwood
sworn & subscribed this 31 st day of August
1833 before me
Gilbert Couse Justice
I am certain that John Eastwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit is well known to me as a Man of truth and veracity and a Creditable and Lawfull Witness
Gilbert Couse Justice

State of New York Otsego County
ss: I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify, that Gilbert Lonsdale before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit, & to the Certificate following the same, to be his proper handwriting, & signature. Witness my hand, & seal of Office this 14 th day of September 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

15891
Daniel Eastwood Olsego county N.Y.
Admitted Private 19 months
12.16 06 May 10. ~ 1833
P. 391
Hon. J. Page Young Rps James Lathrop Elk Utica dilla N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Eastwood  of  Otsego county  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1882.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1775 about 4 1/2 private Capt Benedict, Col. Van Shaick   Volunteered 1777 3 transferred to Capt. Fisher   Volunteered — 4 Capt Van Dyke   several other times for short periods, making in all more than two years Capt Rouse   19 mo  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Storming Quebec, taking of Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pittstown, New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not executed as required
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. E. Bradford
Examining Clerk.

15 891 Daniel Eastwood N.Y.
12. 16
Horace Lathrop 62 h Wadsworth N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Eastwood of Otsego county, N. York which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No  *
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 27 th 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The Widow of Daniel Eastwood, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency, at the rate of Sixty three - Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1836 to the 5 th day of March, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Abner S. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

15108 INVALID.
File No. 15108
Daniel Eastwood Rev. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Recd.
Wm. Eastwood Suspended Lot to H. Beach 8 Aug. 33.
Act. June '32

Martha C. T. Dec 26 th 9
Spec
Rev Department
Tolson Office
Washington City
Mr. Tolson. add. evidence by Mare Knecht 31 Dec 1933

Wendell Dreyer County - New York 21 st Dec r 1823
Dear Benedict of this County has obtain d the releas d Affidavit of service in Hixons Brigade which he wants to be annexed to her pension application file in the Pension Office and which with the other evidences there on file with said application he thinks is sufficient to entitle him to a pension - and also all in his power to furnish - and he now wishes his case examined & decided on - for said Benedict
Pension Office Washington
Stephen H. Dreyer